Patient outcomes at a traditional Chinese medicine teaching clinic: A prospective data collection project

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1083-1088

  Maiers, Michele ^a   McKenzie, Eileen ^a   Evans, Roni ^a   McKenzie, Mark ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Minnesota College of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORIENTAL MEDICINE; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; PAIN; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 57349150261     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2008.0225     Document Type: Article

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